Date: 25th August 2015 at 9:02am
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5. Luton 3-2 Arsenal – 1988 Final

24/4/1988 Littlewoods Cup Final 1988 Luton Town v Arsenal. The Luton team celebrate with the League Cup after beating Arsenal. Photo: Mark Leech / Offside

A classic giant-killing – Arsenal were the reigning League Cup holders and they were favourites to win it again. Not many people had even considered that Luton would win against a team who were at the top level of English football, with players such as Tony Adams, Kenny Sansom and Alan Smith. Yet at Wembley Stadium, in front of over 95,000 fans, Luton claimed victory and their first major trophy in their history. What a day to be a Hatters fan.

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